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9/28/2010 El Cerrito Cli THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN El Cerrito’s Carbon Footprint Environmental Quality Committee September 28, 2010 1 imate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BACKGROUND Council Resolutions Joining the Conference of U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement (2006-61) Endorsement of State’s AB 32 Goals (2006-93) 9/28/2010 El Cerrito Clima Accepting Baseline Inventory & Development of a Climate Action Plan (2008-33) Reiterate Support for AB 32 in the wake of Prop 23 Funding and Partnerships BAAQMD Climate Protection Grant EPA Climate Showcase Communities 2 ate Action Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Timeline 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima Coming Milestones City Council: Progress Update – Sept 20 EQC Meeting: GHG Inventory,AB 32Targets - Sept 28 CommunityWorkshop(s): Input on Reduction Measures – Beginning late Oct EQC P U d t N 9 3 ate Action Plan – City Council EQC: Progress Update – Nov 9 Close the Climate Action Survey - December City Council: Quantification Results & Setting a ReductionTarget – Jan 2011 Draft Plan: Begin Circulating Draft Plan – Feb/ March 2011 CEQA: Initial Study and Neg Dec – March/ April Community Meeting(s) on Draft Plan – March/ April City Council: Study Session & Consideration to Adopt – Summer 2011 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN STATE AND REGIONAL CONTEXT Developing the CAP as statewide and regional approaches to Climate Change rapidly change AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act S i Pl d 15% l l d i l 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima Scoping Plan recommends 15% local govt reduction goal California Green Building Standards, effective Jan 1, 2011 Mandatory commercial/ multi-family recycling effective 2012 SB 375 Sustainable Communities Strategy MTC Draft 4 ate Action Plan – City Council ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PURPOSE & SCOPE Purpose To provide a roadmap for pursuing community-wide and municipal reductions in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions To inspire municipal and community climate protection To provide the option to use the CAP in streamlining GHG 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima p p g analysis for developments undergoing CEQA review Scope GHGs from Municipal Operations GHGs from Community-Wide 5 ate Action Plan – City Council ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OBJECTIVES Plan Objectives Where we are: To conduct an inventory of baseline GHGs (2005) and forecast growth Where we want to be: To assist the City Council and community in determining realistic, yet ambitious reduction 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima targets How we get there: To provide an analysis of existing and potential policies, programs, and projects that will reduce GHGs To determine how much these measures will contribute toward potential reduction targets To outline implementation actions 6 ate Action Plan – City Council ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN REDUCTION TARGETS ReductionTargets AB 32 recommends local government reduction target 15% below “current” (2005 is good baseline) by 2020 Planning Horizons C h AB 32 d h S bl C 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima Consistent with AB 32 and the Sustainable Community Strategy Baseline 2005 1stTargetYear 2020 2ndTarget Date 2035 7 ate Action Plan – City Council ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INVENTORY vs. CARBON FOOTPRINT What’s Counted in the Inventory Activities over which local government has some type of influence Activities that are reliably measured over time Wh ’ N C d 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima What’s Not Counted Consumer Goods: Upstream Emissions Food: Upstream Emissions Air Travel Travel beyond Contra Costa County 8 ate Action Plan – City Council ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BASELINE INVENTORY 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima AnnualVMT – Highway Performance Monitoring System KWh &Therms 9 ate Action Plan – City Council from all PG&E accounts Embodied energy (kWh/gal) of water/ waste water from EBMUD, Stege Tons of solid waste sent to landfills ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BASELINE DETAIL 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima Water Use & Treatment 0.4% Auto Traffic (Local Streets) 25.3% Auto Traffic (San Pablo Ave) 9.2% Auto Traffic of County Hwys) 1 3 10 ate Action Plan – City Council Residential Electricity 8.3% Residential Natural Gas 20.1% Commercial Electricity 11.7% Commercial Natural Gas 3.5% of County Hwys) 16.5% Waste in Landfill 5.0% 2 4 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BASELINE INVENTORY DETAILS 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima End Use (2005) Total Units Unit Service Population (SP) Total Costs Units / SP Total Tons CO2e Energy Use Residential Electricity 48,148,911 kWh Resident $ 7,703,826 2,071.46 12,114.21 Residential Natural Gas 5,043,720 therms Resident $ 6,657,710 216.99 29,505.76 Commercial Electricity 61,106,994 kWh Employee $ 9,777,119 14,549.28 15,429.51 Direct Access Electricity 7,158,730 kWh Employee not known 1,431,746.00 1,804.00 Commercial Natural Gas 877,203 therms Employee $ 1,157,908 208.86 5,151.97 11 ate Action Plan – City Council Energy Subtotal $ 25,296,563 64,005.46 Water Use Water Consumed 945,043,396 gallons Resident, Employee $ 3,800,000 34,435.34 276.79 Wastewater Treated 708,782,547 gallons Resident, Employee 25,826.50 378.38 Water Subtotal 1,653,825,943 gallons $ 3,800,000 655.18 Transportation Auto Traffic (Local Streets) 57,892,650 VMT Resident, Employee 2,109.48 37,143.00 Auto Traffic (San Pablo Ave) 20,305,753 VMT Resident, Employee 739.90 13,482.00 Auto Traffic of County Highways) 36,454,614 VMT Resident, Employee 1,328.33 24,200.00 Transportation Subtotal 114,653,017 VMT $ 14,675,600 74,825.00 Waste - Solid Waste to Landfill 29,558,000 lbs Resident, Employee $ 5,500,000 1,077.03 7,302.31 Totals $ 78,368,726 146,613.24 ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AVG. EL CERRITO HOUSEHOLD 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima Household Footprint Inventory Transportation Tons CO2e Tons CO2e Avg MPG and VMT 11.02 7.12 Public Transportation 0 28 Carbon Footprint vs. Baseline Inventory Carbon Footprint CO2e / Capita 12 ate Action Plan – City Council Public Transportation 0.28 Air Travel 4.96 Household Energy Electricity 1.11 1.11 Natural Gas 2.75 2.75 Water/ Sewage 0.06 0.06 Consumption Food 6.50 Goods and Services 18.19 Total 44.88 11.05 El Cerrito • 19.5 tons/ person • 2.3 people / hhd California • 23 tons/ person • 2.9 people / hhd ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN CARBON FOOTPRINT 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima 13 ate Action Plan – City Council From CoolClimate Calculator http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/ Using El Cerrito data ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN EMISSION SCENARIOS 2005 -2035 166,471 192,225 180,058 160,000 180,000 200,000 GHG Emissions Scenarios 2005-2035 14 154,304 146,613 124,621 102,629 80,000 100,000 120,000 140,000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 Business-As-Usual Scenario California State Initiatives Scenario Reduction Reduction Target (15% below 2005) ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN EMISSION SCENARIOS 2005 -2035 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima Year BAU Scenario Emissions after CA State Initiatives 15% Reduction Target Tons to Reduce after State Initiatives 2005 146,613 146,613 146,613 15 ate Action Plan – City Council , , , 2020 166,471 154,304 124,621 29,682 2035 192,225 180,058 102,629 77,429 • 2020 reductions equal to all residential natural gas use in 2005 • 2035 reductions equal to all 2005 transportation emissions ---PAGE BREAK--- THE EL CERRITO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN 9/20/2010 El Cerrito Clima Questions/ Comments? 16 ate Action Plan – City Council